Indian Premier League: Trent Boult stakes claim for best catch ever

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The New Zealand paceman, better known his in-swinging yorkers, dismissed arguably the world’s best batsman with one of the more remarkable catches you’ll ever see.

Indian superstar Virat Kohli, unbeaten on 30 and building a dangerous partnership with Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers, had just flicked a ball which looked to be heading over the deep square-leg boundary.

But Boult was up to the task, timing his jump to perfection to pluck the ball out of mid-air with his right hand.

Agonisingly close to the boundary, Boult also had to stop his body from sliding into the rope.

Nobody was more stunned than Kohli, who repeated looked towards the boundary before trudging off shaking his head in disbelief.

The catch wasn’t enough to inspire the Delhi Daredevils, with de Villiers’ unbeaten 90 off just 39 balls leading RCB to a six-wicket victory.

Camera IconWhat. A. Catch.

But it did earn plenty of praise on social media.

England cricket legend Michael Vaughan was quick to jump on Twitter, describing it as the “greatest ever catch”, while all-rounder Ben Stokes was also impressed.